Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate at Work on the Sundry Civ,
Appropriation Bill, Which is
Greatly Amended.
The House Does Nothing, Owing to Fiji
clustering of Republicans on the Naval
Consolidation Bill.
NIX CONGRESS.

the calendar for the location and estab,
! lishment of a home for disabled volunteer
soldiers, west of the Rocky mountains.
To reimburse depo-ito of the Freed.
mans Savings and Trust Company for loss.
es incurred by the failure of that company
Credentials of Algernon S. Paddock as
| Senator from Nebraska, for the term
commencing March 4, 1887, were present,
ed and p aced on file.
Senator Morgan, by request, intro.
duced bill to encourage the holding OF
| a national industrial exposition in 1888
of the arts and products of the coloied
race. Referred.
The Senate then resumed the consider
alton of the sundry civil appropriation
bill until O'Clock, when the railroad
attorneys bill was presented as unfin-
ished business, but it was laid aside in
formally, and the Senate resumed consid-
Grafton of the sundry civil appropriation
| bill.
In the discussion of one of the items
Senator Allison, replying to question
put to him by Senator Plat, said if Con-
gress appropriated the full amount est
mated for the various departments and
added thereto what would be required for
little if any surplus left for next year.
Unless the revenue was very largely in
creased there might be surplus, and
there might be none. The total amount
estimated for was about S406, 100000.
Senator Sherman offered an amendment
appropriatIng $50, 900 to assist the Mari
eta Continental Monument Associa ion
in the erection of q monument at Mari
IN Nr+ ha
of 1887 and the first settlement of the
Northwest Territory, to be paid only
when a like amount shall nave been ap-
pr0priated by the Legislature of Ohio or
subscribed by citizens of the United States.
After an explanation the amendment
was agreed to.
Sena or Frye offered an amendment
approprlating $50, 900 Tor the purpose of
entertaining and providing for the eX-
penses OF the International Medical Con-
gress at its ninth annual meeting in
Washington in September, 1887. Adopted
Senator Morgan offered an amendment
instructing the Secretary of the Treasury
to submit to Congress at its next session
estimates of the expenses for establishing
a permanent party~on the coast of Alaska
for the survey OF bays, inlets and the
principal rivers on that coast. Agreed to.
Without disposing OF the bill the SEN
ate adjourned.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Mr. Herbert of
Alabama from the committee on naval
affairs reported the naval appropriation
bill in committee of the whole.
Mr.. Taulbe of Kentucky from the same
committee reported adversely Senate
bills granting pensions to the widows of
General Logan and General Blair.
The House passed-yeas 1873, nays 95-I
a bill providing sn additional justice for
the Supreme court for the District of
Columbia. The morning hour then ex-
PRED.
MIR. Steel of Indiana called up the |
special order, being the bill for the re-
organization of the army
Mr.. Herbert of Alabama antagonized |
this with the naval bureau consolidation |
bill, and raised e question of considers |
ton.
The House refused-yeas ll2, nays
l2G-to consider the army bill.
Before moving that the House go into
committee of the whole for consideration |
of the bill indicated by him, Mr.. Herbert
moved that al debate on the pending sec
ton DE limited to twenty minutes.
The limitation was objected to by OPP
ponents Of the dill on the Republican side,
and they 1esorted to flIbustering tactics
to defeat it. By refusing to vote, they
left the House without quorum, which
condition 1t remained in until O'Clock,
when, in accordance with previous ar
range ment, q recess was taken until 1880,
the evening session to be Tor considera-
ton of bills reported from the committee
on military affairs.
The first bill called up at the evening
session was one regulating the pay of
officers OF the army or navy who refuse
or neglect to provide for the support of
their family. The bill was passed.
The following bills also passed. The
Senate bill authorizing the President to
confer brevet rank on army officers for
gallant service iu the Indian campaign.
The House bill providing that the
Generals department shall con-
list of one djutant-general, with the rank
If brigsdier- general four assistant
idjutant-generals, with the rank of col
onel; six assistant adjutant-generals,
with the rank of lieutena and
tx assistant djutant-generals, with the
.ank of major.
House bill for the sale of the United
States barracks property at Newport, Ky.,
md appropriating $4,000 for the pur-
,hase of new site and the erection of
lew buildings thereon
House bill for the repair of the road to
he National cemetery st Vlcksburg, Miss. ,
House bill sppropristing $4,000 for
he erection of branch soldiers home
vest of the Rocky mountains.
The next bill called up was the Senate ,
ill amending article 1C3 of the rules and ,
rticles OF war. To this bill the House {
military committee recommend q number {
# amendments. These amendments 1
ave rise to good deal of criticism, the {
principal point being the section provid- ,
Dg that the pay of officers upon the re- ,
ired list shall be IS per cent. of the full l
'aY they were entitled to receive when {
etired, and no more. ,
In lieu of this section Mr. Bragg of Wis I
on,in on behalf of the committee offered I
proviso that hereafter no increase of pay t
hall be allowed or paid anv officer by rea- {
on of service on the retired list Mr. Bragg /
aid that the retired list was the pension I
st of the regular army, and he was OPP ,
osed 70 allowing men serving on that I
st for five years an increase OF 10 per {
ent. in their psy. t
Mr.. Weaver of Iowa gave notice that it
-ould Ok nuorun, RI pcca Tho | :,